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CVE-2012-4090
The management interface in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive configuration-file…
Medium4.0EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- cisco
Description
The management interface in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 7000 devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive configuration-file information by leveraging the network-operator role, aka Bug ID CSCti09089.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- cisco-nxos-cve20124090-info-disc(87670) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 62841 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 98123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1029158 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20131004 Cisco Nexus 7000 Information Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 55206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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